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  • Viente v. Maiden

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Desautel, (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1774

    Family Law Court's Attorney Fees Award Lacked Necessary Factual Findings and Conclusions of Law

  • In the Interest of C. B., a child (mother).

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney at Law), Conyers, Raymond Gordon, (Raymond F. Gordon PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Dana Leader, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1195

    Court reverses juvenile court order and concludes a child to be not dependent because DFCS did not present clear and convincing evidence of present dependency

  • In the Interest of Baby Girl N., a child

    Publication Date: 2022-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste Brewer, (Bell & Washington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sheryle Dickens, Covington, for appellee; DeVona Roseberry, (Roseberry Law, LLC), Conyers, Karen Greene, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1751

    Juvenile Court Properly Allowed Foster Parents to Intervene in Dependency Action

  • In the Interest of A. B., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-01-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Anagnostakis, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for appellee; Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta for Other party.
    Case Number: A21A1386

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating mother's parental rights as to two older children and vacates and remands termination order as to the youngest child

  • McAlister v. Clifton

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Penelope W. Rumsey, (Rumsey & Ramsey), Atlanta, Linda T. F. Day, (The Day Firm, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Danielle VanLanduyt, (Vanlanduyt Greer, LLC), Decatur, Tahira Plunkett Piraino, (Piriano Law), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0144

    Appeal From Custody Order Became Moot After Child Reached Age of 18

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  • Chen v. Chen

    Publication Date: 2021-12-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Thomas, (Aaron Thomas Law, LLC), Atlanta, Dale Cecka, (Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1674

    In a divorce action, Court affirms finding that a couple was married in 2007 in a traditional ceremony, and not in 2016 when they first procured a marriage license

  • Richello v. Wilkinson et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Tunkle, (English, Tunkle & Smith), Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0679

    Court reverses physical and legal child custody award that had been granted to their grandparents and remands for entry of an order granting custody to their father

  • Shultz v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jane McCoy, (The McCoy Law Office, LLC), Sunnyside, for appellant.
    for defendant: Betty Wheeler, (Connell & Wheeler), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1034

    Trial Court Must Consider Whether Denial of Appellant's Legitimation Petition Should Be Set Aside Based on Nonamendable Defect in Record

  • In the Interest of S. H., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Jeffrey, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; D. Arefin, (The Arefin Law Office, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Philip Cummings, Cumming, Maria Keller, (O’Driscoll Keller Law Group, LLC), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0784

    Court reverses juvenile court order that terminated a father's parental rights and remands for determination of whether he waived his right to counsel.

  • Poe et al. v. Cantrell

    Publication Date: 2021-11-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerrold Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Barkley, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1142

    Trial Court Properly Denied Foster Parents' Petition to Adopt Child; Legal Non-Biological Father Possesses Custodial Rights Over Child